Music History 2

Which composer is generally considered to be the transition from the Baroque to the Classical era?

What popular genre of music was passed down for generations while never being written down?

What was the major difference in Romantic Era music?

What genre started in the late 70s and includes artists like ABBA, the BeeGees, and the Village People?

What genre of dance music is characterized by fast tempos, intricate syncopation, and electronic bass drops?

What Seattle-based genre evolved from a combination of punk rock and metal?

What was unique about the 1913 premier of Stravinky's "Rite of Spring" Ballet?

Which composer was known as the transition from the Classical to the Romantic Era?

What award show started in 1959, highlighting classical, jazz, and pop artists?

Modern composers experiment with complex harmonies. What is this term for many notes stacked on top of each other?

Who is called the "King of Folk Music"?

What composer known for marches, toured the country with his world famous band in the early 1900s?

What secular (non religious) song genre known for its harmonies rose to popularity during the renaissance?

What was the major difference in classical era music?

What New Orleans trumpeter was the first superstar of Jazz?

What popular genre evolved from black music becoming mainstream in the 1950s?

Which All-American genre of music evolved from slave songs?

What invention greatly helped composers at the beginning of the classical era?

What singer is "The First Lady of Song"?

What new genre of music exploded in the 1980s along with a new invention?

What Edison invention was groundbreaking for the world of music?

The "British Invasion" era was kicked off by which phenom band coming to America in 1964?

Which 20th century musical genre was a direct counter-movement to the Romantic Era?

What legendary multi-day music festival took place in the summer of 1969?

Who is the highest selling country artist?

What musical era in the 1930s & 40s brought superstars like Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller to New York?

What other American genre also originated in the late 70s at out door block parties in the Bronx?

Who has the record for most Oscar nominations by a living person at 54?

The earliest written music was from what musical era?

What is the highest grossing Broadway Musical of all time?